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Education
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
After priest wounded, South African Jesuits urge ‘peace on and around our campuses’
“The shooting of Father Graham has shocked and distressed many people, including students. He, along with the Society of Jesus, remain hopeful that a solution can be achieved.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Jesuit priest shot with rubber bullet as student protests in South Africa turn violent
Police apparently fired a rubber bullet point blank into the face of a Jesuit priest near the Witwatersrand campus in Johannesburg.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
The real cost of living in some college dorms might be higher than you think.
Gone are the days when the main difference between one college dormitory and another was the number of people per room.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Forget what you’ve heard: Catholic schools aren’t dying.
The true story of Catholic schools is their continued success despite difficulties.
Posted inFaith
The Catholic school system as we know it must change
We need to develop a new model for providing Catholic elementary school education.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A Closing and an Opening: On graduation and the priesthood
My inner silence returned me to the cathedral, and to the meaning of the priesthood.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Should college be free for all?
A college education today is not a luxury.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The joy of having loud and messy kids at Mass
“If you are distracted by a little kid being a little kid you are not focused on what’s holy. Little kids are holy. Let it be.”
Posted inCommunity
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